Frame for tents.



R. B. FOWZER.

FRAME FOR TENTS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3. 1913.

1,081,902, Patented Dec. 16, 1918.

FFTCE.

ROBERT B. FOWZER, F BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA.

FRAME FOR TENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

Application filed July 3, 1913. Serial No. 777,370.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT B. Fowznn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Butler, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Frames for Tents; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in skeleton frames for tents of different shapes and consists in the provision of a simple and efiicient device of this nature having various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

1 illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the frame adjusted for supporting an A-tent. Fig. 2 is a view showing a frame with a central apex for a square tent, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of a casting to which the rods or pipes of the frame are adapted to be attached.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A, A designate the lower ground engaging hollow sections made of suitable piping and adapted to be anchored at A and provided with a series of perforations B. Rods or hollow pipes C telescope within the sections A and are provided with perforations adapted to receive the pin D whereby the rods may be held at different adjusted positions. A casting, designated by letter F, a detail of which is shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, is provided with a series of lugs F, arranged in pairs, spaced apart and provided with registering apertures for the reception of bolts H forming pivotal pins which engage apertures in the upper ends of the rods or pipes O. A ridge bar or pipe, designated by letter K, also has apertures in its ends for engagement with bolts 0 which are held in lugs upon said casting. A red or chain Q, is fastened at its lower end to the foot of the section A of the frame and its upper end is fastened to one of said castings H and, when drawn taut, serves as a brace, while a chain, designated by letter R, is fastened at R to the base of one of the sections A and its other end to the lower end of the opposite section at the same end of the frame. A chain, designated by letter T, is fastened to the chain R at its longitudinal center and has a chain T fastened thereto and which passes through an eye S upon one of said castings and its other end is fastened as at A to the lower end of one of the socket members A at the opposite end of the frame and, when drawn taut, serves as a means c0- operating with the rope Q, to thoroughly brace the frame, while the chain R held in the taut position illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings serves as a means for holding the skeleton frame without the use of a center post. After the frame has been adjusted in place, the canvas or covering may be drawn over the same and held by the frame in proper position.

I11 Fig. 2 of the drawings, I have shown a slight modification of my invention in which the rods 0r pipes C telescope within the socket members C and are held by means of pins C in adjusted position, while their upper ends are fastened to pins C" in the socket member G a ring X being fastened to an aperture or eye in the casting and through which a rope Y passes and which is attached to a lantern X, said rope forming convenient means for raising and lowering the light. It will be noted that the casting has an integral pin WV projecting from the top thereof and which forms a suitable means to engage an aperture in the canvas covering, not shown, to hold the same in proper place. After the canvas has been placed over the frame, the telescoping rods or pipes forming the frame may be extended and held in adjusted position, thereby drawing the canvas taut.

While I have shown difierent shapes of frames, it will be understood that the present invention is not confined to the particular form or shape of the frame which, obviously, may be made differently without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim to be new is A frame for tents comprising a casting having oppositely disposed lugs arranged in pairs in planes at right angles to each other, spaced apart and apertured, the lower portion of the casting being apertured and a pin ate the lugs and at right angles to said in- 10 clined supporting rods a chain fastened in the aperture in the lower end of the casting, a rope adapted to have its ends anchored to the ground and engaging said chain, and diagonally and oppositely arranged bracing ropes fastened at their upper ends to the 15 casting and designed to be anchored at their lower ends to the ground, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT B; FOWZER.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. MoCoY, ALEX MITCHELL.

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